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Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Buhari Ministerial List received by Senate President

Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters and Chief of Staff to President Muhammad Buhari arrived the office premises of the Senate President by 16:48hours on Wednesday to present the sealed List of Ministerial Nominees to Senator Bukola Saraki. Following a brief ceremonial presentation, the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, confirmed the receipt of the ministerial nominees list from the Presidency.Saraki made the confirmation on his Twitter handle.The Senate president, who had earlier on his Twitter handle said he was yet to receive the list as at 4pm, wrote: “I can now confirm that I just received #Thelist of Ministerial nominees.”President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier in the month promised to submit the list to the Senate.The Senate will not be screening the nominees earlier than next week Tuesday as it had adjourned on Wednesday till next week to enable members observe the independence day on October 1.